The remake of this infamous de-boot starts with an intro cutscene similar to the original Modern Warfare 3. With scenes and dialogue from the Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) Remake and the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (2022) Remake.

Chaos: (narration) All warfare is based on deception.

[Dragunov SVD fire]

Sgt. Randolf: *painfully grunts* Myers. (the last breath)

Sgt. Myers: RANDOLF! *looks back* Fuck you! *raises M249 Para* FUCK—

[AK-47 fire]

Chaos: (narration) For years, the C.I.A.'s hypocrisy has made the world a battlefield.

[explosions]

[Imran Zakhaev painfully screams]

Laswell: It's the off switch. It's a proxy war, John. We're all just pawns in this.

Captain Price: You speak for yourself.

Alex: Sorry, boys. But the fate of Afghanistan is more important than a few good men. We're not taking any chances.

SSgt. Jackson: C-I-AAAAAAAAAA!

Chaos: (narration) The corrupt talk... while Western sons and daughters spill their own blood.

American Male 1: GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

[Baseball Bat hit]

[Rodolfo painfully grunts]

[M4A1 CQBR fire]

American Female 1: NOOOO! *cries*

Rodolfo: (Spanish) Son of a bitch!

Alejandro: (Spanish) It was his fault, not yours.

Captain Price: Task Force, this is Bravo 6. Did you stop the missile in the Gulf?

Graves: This is Shadow 1. We stopped it, Bravo 6.

Captain Price: Good work, and cheers, mates.

[L115A3 fire]

Roach: WHAT THE FUCK?!

Ramirez, Foley and Dunn: NO!

[MK20 SSR fire]

[Barrett M82A3 fire]

[M240B fire]

[C8 SFW fire]

[HK 433 fire]

[LVOA-C fire]

[M4A1 fire]

Chaos: (narration) But deceit cuts both ways.

Laswell: I uncovered redacted intel regarding a black bag operation. Conducted by General Shepherd and carried out by Shadow Company.

Oxide: Now that you know Laswell's truth, here is the truth behind it. It's a black bag operation that was actually conducted by Laswell and carried out by Aegis Defence Services.

Laswell: They were transacting stolen mobile ICBMs to our allies fighting Russians in the Middle East. The mission did not go as planned.

Oxide: After stealing ten freshly made mobile ICBMs meant for the non-Ultranationalist portion of the Russian Armed Forces, Aegis Defence Services received a payment from Laswell to give four of them to the Afghan Military. This mission, in reality, went on according to plan.

Chaos: (narration) The bigger the lie, the more likely people will believe it.

[AGM-65 Mavericks launch]

[explosions]

[Mexican Crowd painfully screams and cries]

[F-15Es fly by]

Chaos: (narration) And when a nation cries for vengeance, the lie spreads like wildfire.

Captain Price: Alright, listen. We are taking back your city. We are kicking the Americans, Canadians and Australians out of Los Zetas. We are killing General Shepherd.

Rodolfo: When?

Captain Price: Now.

Chaos: (narration) The flame builds, devouring everything in its path.

BBC: No! I don't think the C.I.A. are the enemy in these times! Why should we take the word of a group of special forces soldiers found and proven guilty of treason by our great government? Why should we take the word of people who can't come over here and tell us themselves because they're dead?

Chaos: (narration) The Deep State believes that only they alone can and should influence the course of history. Yet all it takes is the will of a single man.

4 YEARS LATER

August 27th, 2026 - 01:56:00, over on the Italian side of The Alps lies a joint C.I.A./MI6 black site prison which holds the agencies' most wanted. While some are clear and present threats to civilization, others are merely the spooks' personal enemies and their families, and allied nations' elected officials' political and individual foes alongside their direct relatives as well.

The C.I.A./MI6 personnel have just received their authorization to carry out their monthly spring-cleaning order for the camp's solitary confinement section. They proceed to transfer their "guiltiest" to the outdoor courtyard area.

All except one.

[cell doors open]

C.I.A. Warden: Alright, everyone! Out of your cells slowly! Out of your cells now!

C.I.A. Male Prisoner 1: Including my family?

MI6 Warden: He did say EVERYONE! Move your fuckin' arses!

MI6 Female Prisoner 1: Please! We don't know anything! I swear!

[C.I.A. Warden hushes]

MI6 Warden: *points at MI6 Male and Female Child Prisoners* Here! NOW!

[MI6 Male Child Prisoners lunge and punch]

MI6 Male Child Prisoner: Leave the girls alone, you sick fucks!

[C.I.A. Guards laugh]

[MI6 Guards laugh]

[MI6 Warden laughs]

C.I.A. Warden: *laughs* Big men. Take the little bitches, too!

C.I.A. Female Child Prisoner: WE'LL KILL YOU! ALL OF YOU!

C.I.A. Guard 1: What about Prisoner 11168?

C.I.A. Warden: No, he stays.

MI6 Guard 1: Oh, come on. He's been avoiding our spring-cleaning for six years now. He knows it, and he's laughing about it.

[Makarov chuckles]

MI6 Warden: Well, our governments still believe he's got more to share. Now, go.

C.I.A. Guard 1: Yes, sirs.

MI6 Guard 1: Roger that, sirs.

Makarov: Good to see you again, Rick, Archibald. Is it that time of the month again?

MI6 Warden/Archibald: That's right. But if you laugh at our men again, we're not gonna bail you out of our clean-up next time. That good behavior shit doesn't apply here.

Makarov: If only you can follow through with that threat.

C.I.A. Warden/Rick: What, you think we're jokes?

Makarov: If I die or get hurt, you and everyone you care about will be standing in the Courtyard after those hopeless souls. Am I wrong? Have you forgotten?

[C.I.A. Warden angrily snarls and kicks a cell door]

MI6 Warden: Mark my words, "Captain". Your luck is steadily running out. A new age is coming for the entire world. They already got a taste of a dark winter. Guess what'll happen if we turn that into a forever winter. It might help you stay alive. *snickers* For now.

Makarov: Forever winter, you say. *smiles*

Regardless of their backgrounds and desperate cries, Captain Vladimir Makarov does not seem to care about the kinds of people under the two agencies' custody simply because the fewer Westerners and friends of the West the better. And the U.S. and British Governments are still trying to convince him to share all the secrets he has.

As well as the fact that there is an Ultranationalist Inner Circle rescue force scaling the C.I.A./MI6 Black Site Prison's mountain to break him out in a moment.

Yuri: (Russian) Break's over, comrades. Let's proceed with Polar Bear.

Milena: (Russian) Athena to all teams, wait for the searchlights to pass and the snowstorm to arrive. Okay... climb.

[wind blows]

MODERN WARFARE III

--

Operation Forever Winter

27th August, 2026 - 02:00:17

Cpt. Yuri Volkov

Ultranationalist Inner Circle

The Alps, Italy

--

Captain Yuri Volkov, Senior Lieutenant Ivan Alexxeve and Lieutenant Andrei Nolan enter first since their guard tower/insertion point is the least defended. And three operators backed by Senior Lieutenant Milena 'Athena' Romanova (F.S.B.) (Tina Ivlev), the Ultranationalist Inner Circle's best logistics specialist and head of finance, are enough to clear out half of the camp's wall.

Ivan: (Russian) Stay quiet.

Andrei: (Russian) Roger. No movement.

[Grapnel Launcher fire]

Yuri: (Russian) Good hook. Time to get up there.

[PKP Pecheneg-SP fire]

[PP-19 Vityaz fire]

[AK-74M UUK fire]

Andrei: (Russian) Insertion point, clear.

Yuri: (Russian) Athena, all teams, Alpha Team is sweeping the Wall now, over.

Milena: (Russian) Athena acknowledges. Bravo Team and Charlie Team are waiting on you, over.

Bravo 1: (Russian) Check.

Charlie 1: (Russian) Roger.

Yuri: (Russian) Night Vision on, infrared strobes on. Make it quick but maintain stealth.

Andrei: (Russian) Disabling the searchlights.

Ivan: (Russian) (off comms) Wall is clear. (on comms) Bravo, Charlie, you are cleared to ascend, over.

Bravo 1: (Russian) Bravo inbound.

Charlie 1: (Russian) Charlie's coming up.

Yuri: (Russian) Alpha proceeding to the Courtyard's south side. Keep your guard up, everyone. Polar Bear is not done yet.

Alpha Team immediately learns that the south side of the Courtyard is where the prisoners of Solitary Confinement are being carved open and harvested for their organs and dumped into the meat grinders while still alive or patched up and dragged back to new, overcrowded cells. All while Bravo Team makes their way to the C.I.A./MI6 Black Site Prison's control room, and Charlie Team prepares to shoot down all American MH-60L DAPs and British Airbus Helicopters Puma HC2s in the AO.

[C.I.A. Male Prisoners painfully scream]

[C.I.A. Male Child Prisoners painfully scream]

[MI6 Male Prisoners painfully scream]

[MI6 Male Child Prisoners painfully scream]

C.I.A. Female Prisoners: NOOOO! PLEASE!

[MI6 Female Prisoners plead and cry]

[C.I.A. Female Child Prisoners painfully scream]

[MI6 Female Child Prisoners plead, cry and painfully scream]

Andrei: (Russian) Alpha 2 to Athena, movement in the south side of the Courtyard. Looks like an organ harvest and a mass execution, but some are being brought back in. Interrogative: Is Czar 9-0 Actual in there, over?

Milena: (Russian) Checking. Standby.

Yuri: (Russian) Have the C.I.A. and MI6 just become worse than the K.G.B. (Committee for State Security/Cold War Era Russian Intelligence)?

Ivan: (Russian) Yeah. Never thought I would see the day, to be honest.

Milena: (Russian) All teams, this is Athena. Czar 9-0 is not in the Courtyard. You are cleared to move on, over.

Ivan: (Russian) Good call, Andrei.

Yuri: (Russian) Roger, Athena. Charlie, ready to end Polar Bear with a bang, over?

Charlie 1: (Russian) Affirmative, Alpha 1. Fire in the hole. Standby. 3, 2, 1, execute.

[RPG-7V2 fire]

[explosions]

[MH-60Ls crash]

[Puma HC2s crash]

[explosions]

[alarm blares]

Charlie 1: (Russian) Polar Bear is dividing attention.

Yuri: (Russian) Target the guards only. Use the prisoners for cover when we kick off the riot. Let's conquer.

[PKP Pecheneg-SP fire]

[PP-19 Vityaz fire]

[AK-74M UUK fire]

Ivan: (Russian) South Side Courtyard, clear. Polar Bear is complete. All teams are good to go for Rolling Thunder.

Charlie 1: (Russian) Acknowledged. Setting up for Rolling Thunder.

Bravo 1: (Russian) Bravo Team is almost at the Control Room.

Yuri: *opens hatch* (Russian) Get inside before the enemy reinforcements tail us. I'm right behind you.

Ivan: (Russian) Alpha 2 is in.

Andrei: (Russian) Alpha 3 is in.

Yuri: *closes hatch* (Russian) Alpha Team is in the Air Maintenance Room.

Bravo 1: (Russian) Copy. Bravo Team is just outside the Control Room. Waiting on you.

With the South Side Courtyard completely defenseless from the rioting inmates, the Polar Bear phase of Operation Forever Winter is done and done. Now is the time for the Rolling Thunder phase as Yuri, Ivan and Andrei go interior and prepare to rappel down from the Air Maintenance Room's three main air ducts.

[Alpha Team opens their air ducts]

Andrei: (Russian) All teams, let's roll thunder. Bravo, pull the plug.

Bravo 1: (Russian) Roger. We are live in three, two, one. Lights out.

[lights turn off]

[AK-74M UUK fire]

[PKP Pecheneg-SP fire]

[C.I.A. Guards painfully grunt]

[MK18 fire]

[MI6 Guards painfully grunt]

[C8 SFW fire]

Bravo 1: (Russian) All teams, Bravo has the keys. One minute until the lights come back on.

Ivan: (Russian) Copy. Let Rolling Thunder begin.

[PKP Pecheneg-SP fire]

Yuri: (Russian) Two down on the stairs leading to the Control Room. Alpha Team, fourth floor's our first stop. Clear it.

[AK-74M UUK fire]

[PP-19 Vityaz fire]

Andrei: (Russian) Bravo, kick off the riot.

[cell doors open]

[C.I.A. Male Prisoners cheer]

[C.I.A. Female Prisoners cheer]

[C.I.A. Male Child Prisoners cheer]

[C.I.A. Female Child Prisoners cheer]

[MI6 Male Prisoners cheer]

[MI6 Female Prisoners cheer]

[MI6 Male Child Prisoners cheer]

[MI6 Female Child Prisoners cheer]

Bravo 1: (Russian) Roger. Opening all cells on the fourth floor.

Yuri: (Russian) Clear. Check the third floor. Stay sharp, everyone. The guards have Night Vision, too.

Andrei: (Russian) Dropped them. Let's go.

Ivan: (Russian) Bravo, open all the cells on the third floor.

Bravo 1: (Russian) Copy, opening.

Yuri: (Russian) Reinforcements coming out on the second floor.

[Frag Grenade detonation]

Andrei: (Russian) Clear. Bravo, open all cells on the second floor.

Bravo 1: (Russian) Understood. Opening all.

Yuri: (Russian) Nice work, kid. Second floor, clear. Get to ground level.

Rolling Thunder is halfway done, with the second part being the liberation of Makarov himself from Solitary Confinement.

Yuri: (Russian) Check the cells for stragglers.

Andrei: (Russian) This one's empty.

Ivan: (Russian) This one's empty, too.

Yuri: (Russian) 11168 should be through here. Breaching, stand clear.

[C6 Breaching Charge detonation]

Ivan: (Russian) Alpha's on target. Standby.

Andrei: (Russian) Igniting flare.

Yuri: Sorry Hadir couldn't make it, my friend.

Makarov: Eh, Hadir made himself a means to an end the moment he tried to punch above his weight. It's not our fault.

Andrei: *smiles* (Russian) Alpha 3 to all stations, positive ID on Prisoner 11168. I say again, PID on Prisoner 11168. Rolling Thunder is complete, over.

Milena: (Russian) Excellent news, Alpha 3. I say you've proven yourself with flying colors, over.

Bravo 1: (Russian) Congratulations, Alpha 3. Opening 11168, over.

Ivan: *gives Mordor Tac Plate Carrier Nazgul and Mordor Tac Warbelt Skif to Makarov* (Russian) Your plan was perfect.

Makarov: (Russian) Ivan, my young but smart friend, plans depend on execution. This is only the beginning.

Andrei: (Russian) (on comms) All teams, Czar 9-0 Actual is almost set. Moving in 30 seconds, over. (off comms) It is an honor to free you, Captain Makarov.

Makarov: *smiles* (Russian) Six years.

Andrei: (Russian) 22 days and 4 hours.

[Makarov and Andrei hug]

Makarov: (Russian) Brother. *snaps fingers* It's good to see you, all of you.

Ivan: *gives stolen Glock 19 Gen 5 and magazines to Makarov* What have you accomplished from this cell?

Makarov: (Russian) The tip of the iceberg.

[Yuri gives a Wireless Earpiece w/ Camera Attachment to Makarov]

Makarov: (Russian) (off comms) Thanks, Yuri. (on comms) All stations, this is Czar 9-0 Actual. I'm alive and well. You are cleared to move to Escape Artist, over. (off comms) Take us out, Yuri.

Yuri: (Russian) You got it, boss. Diamond formation.

With Czar 9-0 Actual free, safe and sound, the third and final phase of Operation Forever Winter can proceed. Alpha 1 leads the way and watches over Makarov like a hawk but also gives him a chance to stretch his body and combat skills.

Ivan: (Russian) Okay, Andrei. You made it this far. Now it's time to just walk out the front door.

Andrei: (Russian) Yes, sir.

Yuri: (Russian) Wanna knock some of your rust off, man?

Makarov: (Russian) Can't wait. Cover me.

[Yuri opens a door]

[Glock 19 Gen 5 fire]

[Makarov takes a C8 SFW from his first kill in years]

[PKP Pecheneg-SP fire]

[C8 SFW fire]

Yuri: (Russian) Here's the armory. See anything you like?

Ivan: (Russian) Eh, not my style.

Andrei: (Russian) One more sweep through the locker room. Taking point.

Yuri: (Russian) Right behind you. *opens door*

[PP-19 Vityaz fire]

[Smersh-5 Knife hit]

[GSh-18 Tactical fire]

Andrei: (Russian) (off comms) Clear. (on comms) Alpha 2 to Charlie Team, Czar 9-0 Actual has reached the elevator. Heading to the north side of the Courtyard now, over. *opens elevator door*

Yuri: (Russian) Most impressive, Andrei.

[Andrei closes the elevator door]

Charlie 1: (Russian) Roger that, Alpha 2. Softening the North Side Courtyard now, over.

Milena: (Russian) Carefully, Charlie Team. I have ten choppers packed with C.I.A. and MI6 special forces operators on ISR. They'll arrive at any second, and Mosin Squadron 2 is still 30 seconds out, over.

As the C.I.A. and MI6 turn up the heat on the surface with death squads from their respective special operations groups, Yuri suggests holding in the elevator shaft until the North Side Courtyard is soft enough for them and the fleeing prisoners. But Czar 9-0 Actual disagrees and lets Alpha 3 lead the diamond formation after giving him a harmless question (with the choices removed, by the way, because Makarov agrees with all of them).

[RPG-7V2 fire]

[explosions]

[MH-60Ls fly by]

[Puma HC2s fly by]

[Minigun fire]

Yuri: (Russian) Sounds like fun up there, but it's too risky. We should hold here. *deactivates elevator*

Makarov: (Russian) Not a bad idea, but C.I.A. and MI6 will have inmates incoming momentarily to divide their attention. *activates elevator* That's our chance. To delay adds risk. (English) Andrei, who holds power in this black site prison? The guards or the prisoners?

Andrei: Neither.

Makarov: (English) Yes, Andrei. Very good. Power is held by those who seize it. *smiles* *pats Andrei's right shoulder* (Russian) Well done, soldier. Show this with your actions. Take the lead this time, Andrei.

Andrei: (Russian) Thank you, Captain.

It turns out that not delaying is the right call as Alpha Team ft. Makarov gets to catch the incoming joint C.I.A./MI6 S.O.G. first wave off guard while trying to reach the elevator to stop Czar 9-0 Actual. The right decision is then backed up by good news, which comes in the form of Sukhoi Su-57 Felon Mosin Squadron 2.

Mosin 2-5: (Russian) Rescue team, this is Mosin 2-5. In the airspace and at your service. Standing by to provide close air support, over.

Makarov: (Russian) Czar 9-0 Actual to Mosin 2-5, requesting immediate fire on all the camp's guard towers and helicopters. How copy, over?

Mosin 2-5: (Russian) Good copy, Czar 9-0 Actual. Mosins are inbound, over.

[bullets ricochet]

[bullets penetrate]

[bullets hit]

Mosin 2-5: (Russian) Mosin 2-5 to rescue team, targets acquired. Danger close, over.

Charlie 1: (Russian) Roger that. Bravo and Charlie Teams are clear and heading to exfil, over.

Makarov: (Russian) Roger, rain fire.

Mosin 2-5: (Russian) Shots out.

[Kh-59MK2 Ovods launch]

[explosions]

[C.I.A. Guards painfully scream]

[C.I.A. Operators painfully scream]

[MI6 Guards painfully scream]

[MI6 Operators painfully scream]

[R-77Ms launch]

[explosions]

[MH-60Ls crash]

[Puma HC2s crash]

[explosions]

[Su-57s fly by]

Mosin 2-5: (Russian) Direct. Targets destroyed.

Makarov: (Russian) Thanks for the assist, Mosin 2-5. We're on the move to extraction, over.

Andrei: (Russian) Get to the front door. That's our exit. (English) Everyone, get to the front door if you want to escape!

MI6 Male Prisoner: You heard him, mates! Let's go!

C.I.A. Male Prisoner 2: I'll cover! Go!

C.I.A. Male Child Prisoners: FREEDOM!

C.I.A. Female Prisoner: Covering our children!

MI6 Female Prisoner 2: This way, kids! Stay close!

[C.I.A. Female Child Prisoners cheer]

[MI6 Male Child Prisoners cheer]

[MI6 Female Child Prisoners cheer]

[PKP Pecheneg-SP fire]

[PP-19 Vityaz fire]

[AK-74M UUK fire]

[MK18 fire]

[C8 SFW fire]

[Glock 19 Gen 5 fire]

[P226 MK25 fire]

Unlike in the original, the Ultranationalist Inner Circle escapes the C.I.A./MI6 Black Site Prison with their leader via its front gates without a complication, let alone a casualty. Meeting and extracting them outside the camp's limits is an Mi-24 SuperHind Mk.IV from Konni Squadron 1 which has a SPIE (Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction) Rig for Yuri, Makarov, Ivan and Andrei to hook onto.

While preparing for evac, Alpha 3 sets the C.I.A. and MI6's prisoners up for a sick play.

Milena: (Russian) Konni 1-1, Alpha Team and Czar 9-0 Actual are out the Front Gates. Get them outta there fast, over.

Konni 1-1: (Russian) Roger that, Athena. Alpha Team, Czar 9-0 Actual, this is Konni 1-1. We see you. Lowering SPIE Rig, over.

Yuri: (Russian) Understood, Konni 1-1. Hooking up now.

Andrei: Prisoners, we have more helicopters on the way in one minute to evacuate you to Russia as asylum seekers! Everything is going to be okay!

C.I.A. Male Prisoner 2: Thank you, soldiers! You Russians aren't so bad!

MI6 Female Prisoner 2: Wonderful news, mates! We can't thank you enough!

Andrei: (English) (off comms) Don't mention it! Take care now! (Russian) (on comms) Konni 1-1, we're good. You're cleared for liftoff, over.

Konni 1-1: (Russian) Copy, lifting off.

Milena: (Russian) Athena to Mosin Squadron 2, Alpha Team and Czar 9-0 Actual are up and away. You are cleared to complete Escape Artist, over.

Mosin 2-5: (Russian) Understood, Athena. Coming in hot.

[Kh-59MK2 Ovods launch]

[explosions]

[C.I.A. Male Prisoners painfully scream]

[C.I.A. Female Prisoners painfully scream]

[C.I.A. Male Child Prisoners painfully scream]

[C.I.A. Female Child Prisoners painfully scream]

[MI6 Male Prisoners painfully scream]

[MI6 Female Prisoners painfully scream]

[MI6 Male Child Prisoners painfully scream]

[MI6 Female Child Prisoners painfully scream]

[Su-57s fly by]

[Ultranationalist Inner Circle laughs]

Makarov: (Russian) What a cruel joke. Good one, Yuri.

Yuri: (Russian) That was actually Andrei's idea, Vladimir. I just authorized it.

Andrei: (Russian) The fewer Westerners, the better, right, Captain?

Makarov: Brings a tear to my eye to see how far you've come, brother. Outstanding.

The Ultranationalist Inner Circle makes their dramatic exit and buries the C.I.A./MI6 Black Site Prison and every captive with it.